wizened

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled weazened

US /ˈwɪzənd/ UK /ˈwɪzənd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like weasand /ɪ/ vs /iː/

Freq #87060

Meanings

1

adj
Dried up and covered in wrinkles, usually because of old age.

The wizened old farmer had spent his whole life working in the sun.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · dried up and covered in... shriveled

Etymology

From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.

wisenen Middle English wisnian Old English *wisnōjaną Proto-Germanic

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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